In its quest to maintain a United States military advantage, the Pentagon is aggressively turning to Silicon Valley's hottest technology -- artificial intelligence. On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter made his fourth trip to the tech industry's heartland since being named to his post last year. Before that, it had been 20 years since a defense secretary had visited the area, he noted in a speech at a Defense Department research facility near Google's headquarters. The Pentagon's intense interest in A.I. -- and by connection the Silicon Valley companies specializing in that technology -- has grown out of the "Third Offset" strategy articulated by Mr. Carter last fall. Concerned about the re-emergence of China and Russia as military competitors, he stated that computer-based, high-tech weapons would give the American military an edge in the future.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

The Tiangong 3 space station will be completed no latter than 2022, just as the International Space Station enters into retirement. The Tiangong 3's three 20 ton modules will be boosted into space by the LM-5 heavy space rocket. The China Manned Space Agency released several Powerpoint slides showing a closer look at the Tiangong 3, China's planned space station. Scheduled to be commissioned in 2022, the Tiangong 3 will be regularly visited by Shenzhou manned space vessels, and automated Tianzhou resupply vehicles. The Tianhe 1 will be the core module of the Tiangong 3 space station, with a robotic arm (yellow, on the bottom), docking ports (located in the copper color coded section) and the storage section (color coded white) has internal modular racks for storing supplies and scientific experiments.

The New York Times has a lead article on collapsing US merger deals in 2016 so far. While last year set a record for the amount of money spent on corporate mergers -- 4.7 trillion -- this year is so far setting a very different record: the dollar amount of deals that have come undone, the famous paper writes. Since the beginning of January, 400 billion worth of corporate mergers have been withdrawn in the United States, almost three times the previous record for the same period, set in 2007, according to Dealogic, which analyzes such data. In the same paper, reporter John Markoff writes that the Pentagon is turning to Silicon Valley for the edge in Artificial Intelligence. On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter made his fourth trip to the tech industry's heartland since being named to his post last year.

To maintain and build a Hi-tech military advantage, the Pentagon is turning to the country's software and technology hub, Silicon Valley and its hottest and latest technology Artificial Intelligence, popularly known as AI. Today, Ash Carter, Secretary of Defense made his fourth trip to the area since his appointment on the post in last year. He had been the frequent traveler of the region in the past as well, he said in his speech given at the Defense Department Research Facility near Google's headquarters. US, currently, is concerned with the re-emergence of China and Russia in the military powers and therefore is looking a unique and a better tool to make the military of the country strong and rigid. This plan was articulated as "Third offset" strategy by Carter at last fall.

The US military is at the forefront of futuristic tech from lasers on aircraft to stealth jets and now it has been showing off its developments designed to help its soldiers and patients. At a science fair-style event at The Pentagon, the 3 billion agency has demoed its advanced prosthetic arms able to restore the sense of touch and feel to amputees. It also showcased implants that can help restore the memory of people suffering brain injuries or in people with post traumatic stress disorder. At a science fair-style event at The Pentagon, Darpa has demoed prosthetic arms able to restore the sense of touch and feel to amputees. One of the amputees at the event was Johnny Matheny.

NASA is using big data to make complex knowledge more readily available. Learn how graph visualization can help turn large corpus of documents into concrete insights. Even in a mature and knowledge-driven organization like NASA, finding an answer to a common business issue can be frustrating. Past surveys at NASA have shown that most people have trouble finding the answers they need or don't get results in an easily usable way. When internal knowledge tools and processes come up short, Google is the number one go to solution. But what to do when even Google fails?

Schools need to place more focus on teaching young people digital skills, according to former Education Secretary Lord Kenneth Baker. Baker, who is Chairman of education charity the Edge Foundation, warned that millions of jobs are under threat from automation and that jobs in professions that were once considered careers for life are being lost. According to Baker, many professional jobs are under threat from artificial intelligence, and it could have an impact on sectors such as the law, transport and construction. He has produced the Digital Revolution report urging the education system to tackle the way in which technological changes will affect the jobs market. The report provides an in-depth look at the digital revolution and how it will affect employment and education. Baker stated that more emphasis should be placed on digital skills, which he said are "almost entirely absent from the core curriculum in mainstream schools."

A SpaceX capsule returned to Earth on Wednesday with precious science samples from NASA's one-year space station resident. SpaceX reported a good splashdown, with three red-and-white striped parachutes slowing the final descent. The Dragon had been at the station for a month, dropping off supplies as well as an experimental, inflatable room that will pop open in two weeks. It was set free by the station's big robot arm. "Dragon spacecraft has served us well, and it's good to see it departing full of science," Peake radioed from 250 miles up.